Jason Hoyte

Jason Hoyte
Born	Rotorua, New Zealand
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1996–present

Jason Hoyte is a New Zealand screen and voice actor and radio DJ. He has at least 25 television shows to his credit and is best known for his roles as Steve Mudgeway in Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby and Malcolm "Smudge" in Nothing Trivial. He is also known for starring in the film The Insatiable Moon, and starred as Franklin Corke in the New Zealand Comedy/Drama Outrageous Fortune.

Hoyte is currently one of the Co-Hosts on the Radio Hauraki Big Show, from 4pm till 7pm weekdays, alongside fellow New Zealand actor and radio DJ, Mike Minogue, and Chris Key. ^[1]

Career

Hoyte was born in Rotorua, New Zealand, and attended Auckland boarding school, Dilworth. He lives with his wife in Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand.^{[citation needed]}

Hoyte began his career in stand-up comedy and won a Billy T. comedy award and a Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards as part of 90s comedy duo Sugar & Spice (alongside Jonathan Brugh).^[2] After roles in Xena: Warrior Princess and Hercules: The Legendary Journeys he won acclaim for his portrayal of an untrustworthy, but politically correct guidance counsellor, Steve Mudgeway in the comedy Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby. He was nominated at the 2003 New Zealand Film Awards for his acting in short film Beautiful. In 2015 he starred in parody talk show Late Night Big Breakfast alongside Leigh Hart.^[3] In 2017 he and Hart produced parody fishing show Screaming Reels.^[4] The show was mistaken for an actual documentary in Australia.^[5] He has also narrated for New Zealand reality shows City Beat, Coastwatch, Dog Squad and Animal House.

Hoyte is a commentator for the Alternative Commentary Collective and was formally a host on Radio Hauraki's weekdays drive-time show 'Daily Bhuja', with co-host Leigh Hart,^[6][7] but finished 5 April 2019. He resumed this drive-time role in 2021 with new co-host Mike Minogue, the drive show now being called The Big Show.^[8][9]

In 2021 he starred in Talkback, a mocumentary web-series about a talkback radio host, which was also co-created by Minogue.^[10][11][12]

Hoyte is also infamous for his "Cook the man some f**king eggs" scene from 'The Late Night Big Breakfast' show in 2014, a scene which also featured Nadia Lim.

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Xena: Warrior Princess	Timus	"Warrior... Princess" (S01E15)
1996	Hercules: The Legendary Journeys	Scarred Lieutenant	"Let the Games Begin" (S02E16)
1997	Xena: Warrior Princess	Athenian #1	"The Price" (S02E20)
1997	Hercules: The Legendary Journeys	Skell	"Regrets... I've Had a Few" (S04E03)
1998	Young Hercules	Hephaestus	"Keeping Up with the Jasons" (S01E08) "Cyrano de Hercules" (S01E10) "Forgery" (S01E13) "Ares on Trial" (S01E15) "Down and Out in Academy Hills" (S01E16)
1999	Hercules: The Legendary Journeys	Hephaestus	"Love, Amazon Style" (S06E02)
2000	Xena: Warrior Princess	Hephaestus	"Looking Death in the Eye" (S05E19)
2002	Mataku	unknown	"Going to War" (S01E03)
2003	Power Rangers Ninja Storm	Copybot (voice)	"Beauty and the Beach" (S11E03)
2004	Power Rangers Dino Thunder	Donkeyvac (voice)	"Legacy of Power" (S12E04) "Back in Black" (S12E05) "Diva in Distress" (S12E06) "Game On" (S12E07) "Golden Boy" (S12E08)
2004	The Adventures of Massey Ferguson	Max Tractor, Rusty and Beaut the Ute (Voices)
2005	Power Rangers S.P.D.	Valko (voice)	"Wired: Part 1" (S13E14) "Wired: Part 2" (S13E15)
2005	Power Rangers S.P.D.	Icthior (voice)	"Badge" (S13E33)
2005–2006	Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby	Steve Mudgeway	Main role
2005	Outrageous Fortune	Franklin "Corky" Corke	"Slings and Arrows" (S01E01) "The Cause of This Defect" (S01E04) "To Be Honest As This World Goes" (S01E12)
2006	Power Rangers Mystic Force	Fightoe (voice)	"Dark Wish: Part 1" (S14E18) "Dark Wish: Part 2" (S14E19) "Dark Wish: Part 3" (S14E20)
2006	Moon TV	Himself / Various characters	Series regular, unknown episodes
2006	Shortland Street	John Markson	Guest role, unknown episodes
2007	Outrageous Fortune	Franklin "Corky" Corke	"Put the Strong Law on Him" (S03E06) "The Corrupted Currents of This World" (S03E21)
2008	Shortland Street	John Grainger	Guest role, unknown episodes
2008	Power Rangers Jungle Fury	Cable Guy / Cheese McAllister	"Don't Blow That Dough" (S16E26)
2009	Diplomatic Immunity	Brother Jacob	"Love My Way" (S01E04)
2009	Legend of the Seeker	Gwildor	"Mirror" (S01E18)
2009	Power Rangers RPM	Mr. McAllistair	"Ranger Blue" (S17E10)
2009	The Jaquie Brown Diaries	Sandy	"Brownward Spiral" (S02E07) "Educating Jaquie" (S02E08)
2011	Ice	Harold	Episode 1
2011	The Almighty Johnsons	Detective Turner	"This Is Not Washing Powder, My Friend" (S01E05)
2011	Underbelly NZ: Land of the Long Green Cloud	Pat Booth	"All At Sea" (Episode 3) "Marty/Party" (Episode 4) "Dominos" (Episode 5) "Thirty of Silver/One of Gold" (Episode 6)
2011–2014	Nothing Trivial	Smudge	Series regular, 27 episodes
2014–2015	Late Night Big Breakfast	Jason Hoyte	All episodes
2015–2024	The Brokenwood Mysteries	Ray Neilson	17 Episodes
2016	Terry Teo	Mayor Bob Jamieson	3 episodes
2016–2017	The Barefoot Bandits	Mr. Black	"Invasion of the Budgie Smuglers"(S01E06) "Back for Moa" (S02E08)
2018	Screaming Reels	Jason Hoyte	All Episodes (Co-Host)
2019	Quimbo's Quest	Reginald	"Croco-Denial/Tusk Justice" (Episode 5)
2019–2022	Wellington Paranormal	Captain Quinn	"Taniwha" (S02E01) "The Wicked Man" (S04E02)

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Beautiful	Kev	Short film
2007	We're Here to Help	Steve Arnett	Drama
2009	I Was the DJ	Barry Plugg	Short film
2010	Spies and Lies	Martini	Drama
2010	Stolen	DS Peter Burt	Based on true story
2010	The Insatiable Moon	Kevin	Drama
2014	What We Do in the Shadows	Julian	Comedy / Horror

References

1. "The Big Show with Jason Hoyte, Mike Minogue & Keyzie". January 2014.
2. "Jason Hoyte". NZ On Screen. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
3. "Leigh Hart says now is the perfect time for Late Night Big Breakfast to return". Stuff. 1 October 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
4. "Leigh Hart and Jason Hoyte 'talk rubbish' in new show Screaming Reels". Stuff. 12 April 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
5. "Aussies mistake Kiwi fishing parody Screaming Reels for documentary series". Stuff. 29 January 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
6. "Bhuja boys Leigh Hart and Jason Hoyte given daily slot on Hauraki". StopPressNZ. 5 February 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
7. "What makes Jason Hoyte feel good?". Stuff. 12 June 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
8. "Radio Hauraki announces a new line-up of daytime hosts and shows". NZME. 28 June 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
9. "Money Talks: Radio Hauraki's Jason Hoyte on surviving as a performer – 'I never had a Plan B'". New Zealand Herald. 4 August 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
10. Alex Brae (30 June 2021). "Review: TVNZ's Mike Hosking satire Talkback struggles to get through". The Spinoff. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
11. "Real radio inspires new comedy Talkback on TVNZ". RNZ. 30 June 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
12. James Croot (1 July 2021). "Talkback: Why TVNZ's new media workplace comedy lacks Frontline appeal and edge". Stuff. Retrieved 2 February 2022.

External links

• Jason Hoyte at IMDb